I use two keyboard layouts and want to be able to switch between them regularly. Ctrl+Shift switches between them, but in some applications I need to use both keys for other shortcuts (e.g. Google Chrome's Ctrl+Shift+N) and the Windows shortcut sometimes interferes. The Win+Space shortcut also switches between them and suits my purposes fine. Is there a way to disable the Ctrl+Shift shortcut in Windows?
Windows – Disable Shortcut in Windows
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Related Solutions
You can disable the sequence Ctrl + Shift in Windows 8.
- In "Control Panel" | "Clock, Language and Region" | "Language" click "Advanced Settings" in the left pane.
- In "Advanced settings" click "Change Language bar hot keys"
- In "Text Services and Input Languages" click "Change Key Sequence" button and disable the the key sequence by selecting the "Not Assigned" radio buttons.
Disable Win+Space keyboad-layout swap
AFAIK this is the only way to disable Win+Space keyboad-layout swap without disabling all other Win+XYZ shortcuts:
This is how to do it:
- Download AHK (AutoHotkey)
- Install AHK
Right click any folder and choose New > AutoHotkey Script
Right click the script and choose Edit Script
Replace whatever is there with this (and save):
#space::Right click the script and choose Compile Script
Run script by double clicking the newly created .exe and do a test. Rename it whatever you want and store it for the next time you want to disable the
Win+Spaceshortcut.
Additional step to make it persistent:
Copy the .exe to the startup folder. Below I've listed the path for the folders:
Current user:
C:\Users\%Username%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
All users:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp
Best Answer
This Microsoft support document suggests you can disable the shortcut:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/967893/input-method-editor-keyboard-shortcut-ctrl-shift-0-switches-the-input